US 🇺🇸 seeks re-arrest of Mumbai attacker

The US has urged Pakistan to re-arrest and charge cleric Hafiz Saeed, who is accused by the US and India of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Saeed, who had been under house arrest since January, was released on Thursday after a court rejected arguments that he was a threat.

The decision to put Saeed under house arrest in January was seen as a response to actions by US President Donald Trump's White House against nations deemed linked to terrorism.

India accuses Saeed and his organisation of carrying out several militant attacks on its territory - but Pakistan has maintained there is no evidence to put him on trial.

The Pakistani government has also acknowledged that "part" of the conspiracy to attack Mumbai did take place on its soil, and that LeT had been involved.

UCJ, UNILORIN.